Power system and apparatus.



R. VARLEY.

POWER SYSTEMAND APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1913.

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POWER SYSTEM AND APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I2. 1913- Patented May 8, 1917. so 2 SHEETS-SHEET '2 unrrnn RICHARD VARLEY, OF ENGLEWOOD. h

MAGNET CGM'EAN'Y, 0F CITY,

JERSEY.

Mention of Letters Patent.

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Application filed ililarc'h 15a, 1913. Serial No. 753,793.

To all whom '1'! may concern.

Be it known that l, RICHARD Vanrnr, a citizen of the United States of America. residing at Englewood, in the county of. Bergen and State ofNew Jersey. have invented new and useful lmproycmcuts in Power Systems and Apparatus. of which the following is a full, clear and exact dcscription. reference being had to thc accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a' new and improved system and apparatus whereby an internal combustion engine of an autovehicle may be started by a motor element and electrical equipment energized by a generator element, bot-h elements being so organized as to form a unit compact in SlZ. and symmetrical in form and effective in operation.

I will now describe my invention so that .others skilled inthe art to which it appertains may understand and construct the same it being premised, however, that changes may be made in the arrangement shown and described, without departing from my invention.

Figure 1 is a. diagrammatic view showing a system and apparatus embodying my invention; Fig.2 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical sectional view of the starting motor and generator; and Fig. 8 is an eleva tional view taken on the line i-l of Fig.2, but showing the comnmtators of the motor andgenerator in elevation.

In Fig. 1 there is shown a starting and lighting system involving my invention. in this view the numeral 40 indicates a generator and motor unit operatively associated with a shaft 41 which may be connected or geared to the engine in any suitable manner, and by which a magneto 2 -may be driven, as through spiral or worm gear 42 carried by the shaft 41 and gear 42 mounted on the magneto armature. The generator and motor may be of any suitable design but, preferably, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the gencrator is shunt wound machine as described in my Letters Patent No. 1,081.-l1 dated December 16th, 1913, while the starting motor is preferably of the series wound type.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the armature t3 of the generator element is shown as being carried by the shaft 4:1, around which armature are disposed pole pieces L4, and iii forming between them the magnetic field chamber of said armature. To obtain compactness of space the upper pole ii is elongated and it carries a shunt winding t7 and a series winding .48, while the lowenpole +6 is of a shallow natur which permits close spacing'of the armature -l3 and a motoarmature l9 carried by a shaft 50; the field poles ofthe motor being indicated by the numerals 51 and 52 which latter polcs are the longer ones of the set. carrying the field winding 53. and are disposed laterally so as to operate toward vertical compactness of the general framework 5ft: which is preferably common to both tl e generator and motor elements, although. if desired. the generator and motor may each have their own separate frame,

instead of the single frame shown and in which the pole piece lo and upper pole 51 are commonly carried by a cross-piece or member 55 thereof.

The shaft 50 of the motor element fixedly carries a pinion 5G meshing with which is a gear 57 normally loosely carried by the shaft ll. As shown in Fig. '3 the gear 57 is pref- :ably provided with a stepped bore so as to fit the shaft i1 and a reduced portion 463 of the shaft which directly carries the armature 4:3, to prevent longitudinal shifting of the gear. Keyed to the shaft l is a clutch collar 58 longitudinally shiftable into and out of clutch engagement with the gear 57 by means of a shifting yoke 59 slidably mounted as shown in Fig. l. in suitable bearings (SO and (31 at the'side of the frame 5i. A coil spring 62 interposed between the yoke 59 and a casing 63 inclosing the gears 56 and 57, normally holds the collar 58 in non-operative orlnon-clutch engaging position.

its shown in Fig. 2. a shift-able rod 1% also preferably mounted in the bearing pieces 0 and 61, passes through a bore in the shifting yoke 59. and connects by means of a yiehlable coupling 15' and link 1? with the shifting arm 12 of the timer casing 8, of the magneto 2. The yicldablc coupling 15', comprises a tubular member or sleeve 16" slot-ted to slidably receive a fastening pin 0] cotter (not shown) which secures'a collai piece 18 to the operating rod ll. This collar loosely surrounds the sleeve 16 and between said collar and a shoulder 19 on the sleeve is interposed a spring 20.

The shifting rod or member 14: carries a switch plate or button 6i arranged to be shifted into and out of engagement With liveiio switch contact blades 65, 66 and 67, as hereinafter described. The contact switch member 6st connects with the battery 26, and the contact leads to one terminal of the generator series field winding which in turn connects with a light or w rk circuit 68 bler apparatus is shown as being desirably disposed or housed within the frame'of the generator or motor elements. The switch mechanism 7st may be shifted so as to short circuit the magneto, as'through contact but ton and ground 76, in a well known manner.

It will be apparent, by referring to Fig. 1, that the magneto casing 8 may be shift ably adjusted to obtain spark advance or retard in the usual manner, during driving of the engine. If it is desired to start the engine after it has become idle, the operating rod 1 L is shifted so as to bring the shifting arm 12 of the magneto casing 8 to h.

tion of full spark retard against the stop 39,

and upon continued movement of the rod,

under compression of the coupling 15, the switch member or contactbl may be brought into engagement with contact piece 66. As the magneto is i'iecessarily geared in synclironism with the engine, should the engine be under a compressible charge susceptible of explosion, upon energizing of the ignition circuit, and without initial cranking, the contacts s. and (3 (see Fig. 1) would be separated, so that engagw'ent of switch member (it with contact pies 66 will establish a circuit from battery 26 through vibrator 29, lead 30. magneto winding 5, and ground 10 of the magneto, back to the battery for operative energizing of the magneto from the battery.. and for explosion of the combustible charge in the cylinders of the engine. If the condition of the engine is such that it must be turned over or initially driven for intake of live gas charges. the rod ll may be advanced still farther so as to bring the contact 64: into engagement with contact (37, upon doin which current will flow from the battery 26 through the motor winding to ground 73 and ground 27 back to battery thereby energizing the mo' tor. Such movement of the rod l-l will also bring the collar 18 carried by the rod into shiftable engagement with the yoke. 59, bringing the clutch member 58 into clutch engagement with the gear 57 as the motor circuit is completed. Energizing 1f the motor sets up driving of the shaft ll through the aring connection above described and di ing 0f the shaft also operates the magneto generator through the gears and n so that engagement, above described, with contact member (37. The generator contact member 65 is preferably so disposed that the switch contact (l-l passes therefrom as it moves into engagement with either one or both contact members 66 and (57, so that full battery current is available for starting service.

The yieldable coupling 15 or more partic ularly, the collar 18 and the switch member (34: are so positioned on the operating rod H with respect to the shifting yoke and lengthof travel. of the magneto spark adjusting arm 12 that ordinary spark advance or rctard iuljustability of the magneto casing 8 may obtain without necessarily bringing the battery into circuit with the magneto winding, and'the battery ignition circuit through the vibrator mechanism may be completed without bringing the battery into motor starting connection so that where the engine is under a charge capable of being exploded 'without cranking or turning over o the eugine and upon energizating of the ignition circuit, the ignition circuit may be completed without the necessity of operating the motor.

It will be apparent that chang may be made in the constructimi and the circuit ar rangements shown. without departing from my invention. For instance, any suitable switch mechanism may he providrd for cstablishing an ignition circuit through the magneto winding. and the arrangmient oi? the electrical circuits in a:-; -1ocialion with the starting apparatus and generator unit may be varied and controlled by any suitable switch mechanism.

Having thus described my inwntion, what I claim and desire to secure by ent is: i

1. In apparatus of the char-a r described, the combination with a com. ustion engine, of a. shaft adapted to nansmit nor-sci," to and be driven by the en ine, a generator connected to the shaft, a starting motor. a gear loosely carried by the s-iha'ift and adapt-- ed to be driven by the motor. and clutch means for bringing the gear int starting relationship with the air 2. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a combustion engine, of a shaft adapted to transmit power to and be driven by the engine, a generator connected thereto, a starting motor,

a gear loosely carried by the shaft and adapted to be driven by the starting motor, clutch means for bringing the gear into starting relationship with. the shaft, and means for normally rendering said gear inoperative, whereby' the shaft may actuate.

the generator Without driving the. motor.

3. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a combustion engine, of a shaft adapted to transmit power to and be driven by the engine, a generator connected to the shaft, a starting motor having a shaft paralleling the first-shaft, a gear loosely carried by the first shaft, a gear carried by the motor shaft and operatively associated with the first gear, and clutch means-for bringing the first gear into starting relationship with the first shaft.

4. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a combustion engine, of a shaft adapted to transmit power to and be driven by the engine, a generator connected to the shaft, a starting motor, a shaft therefor mounted beside the first shaft, a gear carried by the first shaft, a gear carried by the motor shaft and operatively associated with the first gear, and clutch means for bringing the first gear into starting relationship with the first shaft.

5. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a combustion engine, of a shaft adapted -to transmit power to and be driven by the engine, a generator connected to the shaft, a starting motor, a shaft therefor mounted beside the first shaft, a gear loosely carried by the first shaft, a gear'carried by the motor shaft and meshing with the first gear, and clutch means for bringing the first gear into starting relationship with the first shaft.

6. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a combustion ransniit power ne, an. BlBCbIl red therein and the first shaft, a

car, and clutch scribed, the combination with a combustion engine, of a shaft adaoted to transmit power to and be driven the engine, a generator armature connected with the shaft,\a motor armature, a frame carrying field poles for inclosing said armatures, a shaft for the motor armature, a gear carried by the first shaft, a carried by the motor shaft and opera'tively associated with the first gear, and clutch means for bringing thev first gear into starting relationship with the first shaft.

8. In apparatus of the character de scribed the combination with a combustion engine, of a shaft adapted to transmit power to and be driven by the engine, an electric unit comprising a frame carrying field'poles, a generator armature mounted therein and connected to the shaft, a motor armature therein, a shaft therefor mounted beside the first shaft, a gear loosely journaled on the first shaft, a gear carried by the motor and operatively associated with the first shaft, and clutch means for bringing the first gear into and out of starting relationship with the first shaft, whereby the motor may drive the shaft for starting the engine after which the s shaft may drive the generator without driving the gears.

In testimony whereof nave hereunto set my hand.

RICHA tli VAR-LEY.

Witnesses:

MARY A. EARTH, E. I. Ban'rrr.

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